How to Install and Uninstall gzip Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: July 05,2024

1. Install "gzip" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install gzip on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gzip
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gzip" package

Learn how to uninstall gzip on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gzip
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gzip package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: gzip
Version: 1.9-3+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 243
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Architecture: amd64
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: less
Description: GNU compression utilities
Description-md5: 100720c9e2c6508f1a1f3731537b38e5
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
Essential: yes
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Section: utils
Priority: required
Filename: pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.9-3+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 128448
MD5sum: 78362bc4f424ab10dea0b6db21b550dd
SHA256: 63ef652c233dfe2c85fc9fa95f1fea131c5fee44771fc6902326c857855a9ac3

Package: gzip
Version: 1.9-3
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 243
Maintainer: Bdale Garbee
Architecture: amd64
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: less
Description: GNU compression utilities
Description-md5: 100720c9e2c6508f1a1f3731537b38e5
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::compressing, works-with::archive,
works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.9-3_amd64.deb
Size: 128212
MD5sum: 90bf8a781aab6ddfbcfcd8ba9a3e706a
SHA256: 8d1a1d1b73bbb347102e9001371d1ef6891f97262e9dce8dd827032aa5c78d34